Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen
Norway, b. 30/11/1990, rating 2845 (World Champion)
Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana
USA, b. 30/07/1992, rating 2828 (No. 2 world ranking)
Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand
India, b. 11/12/1969, rating 2779 (No. 6 world ranking)
Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
France, b. 21/10/1990, rating 2775 (No. 7 world ranking)
Grandmaster Levon Aronian
Armenia, b. 06/10/1982, rating 2797 (No. 12 world ranking)
Grandmaster Peter Svidler
Russia, b. 17/06/1976, rating 2737 (No. 20 world ranking)
Grandmaster Arkadij Naiditsch
Azerbaijan, b. 25/10/1985, rating 2710 (No. 35 world ranking)
Grandmaster Francisco Vallejo Pons
Spain, b. 21/08/1982, rating 2698 (No. 45 world ranking)
Grandmaster Georg Meier
Germany, b. 27/08/1987, rating 2621 (No. 167 world ranking)
International Master Vincent Keymer
Germany, b. 15/11/2004, rating 2509 (No. 6 world ranking U16)
Photos: Georgios Souleidis
